Harness-saddle



(No Model.)

P. CONWAY.

HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 395,036. l l Patented Deo. 25, 1.888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FREDERICK CONIVAY, OF BUFFALO, NEIV YORK.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SIEIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 395,036, dated December 25, 1888.

Application filed July 12, 1888. Serial No. 279,739. (No model.)

thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates more particularly to what is termed gig-saddles, or those that are open at the top, the object being to relieve the galls on the back of a horse caused by the usual saddle-pads; and the invention consists in making the open top so that it can be eX- tended by loosening the side pads and adj usting it lower or higher in the pads, and by means as fully hereinafter explained.

In the drawings, Figure l is an end view of on e-half of the whole device; Fig. 2, a side view i of same; Fig. 3,- a perspective of casting on saddie; Fig. 4, a side view of rein-terret, &c.; Fig. 5, a detail of nut for terret.

A represents the pad or saddle; B, the cover or jockey, (see Figs. l and 3, and dotted lines, Fig. 2;) C, the saddle-bearer and shaft-holder, and D the billet or girth strap that goes under the belly.

a is a metal tree or yoke standing up over the horses back and having a loop or opening, b, just under the apex, through which the check-hook strap H goes, having the hook at one end and a ring, c, at the other for the crupper-loop. This opening b gives a free movement to the check, so that it will not pull the yoke forward. l

The sides of the metal yoke a are provided with one, two, or more screw-holes, d d, to adjust the same higher or lower in a metal casting, E, (see Fig. 3,) which is fastened onto the saddle A-one each side-as shown in Fig. 2. It is cast in one piece and consists of side pieces, e e', and a raised bridge, e, havinga central opening, j', through which the terret T screws, and also through the jockey B, through hole d in the metal tree, through the saddle A, and finally into a nut, g, which is fastened onto the under side of the pad A, and having an intermediate metal plate, g', either separate or forming a part of the nut g, and which is fastened to the under side of said pad.

lVhen it is desired to adjust the saddle, the terrets T are unscrewed and put into other holes, d, in the yoke ends a. This lowers or raises the saddle as much as maybe required. The yoke does not rise nor the shaft-holder attached to it.

This improvement allows the saddle to iit any horse and adjust the pads so that they will not touch the galls in any position.

-I claiml. In a gig-saddle, the stiff metal yoke or raised arch a, provided with a series of holes in the ends, said ends in combination with and setting under the bridge of the casting E, attached to the pads A A, and both adapted to receive the terret T, so as to adjust said arch higher or lower and held in place by a nut, g, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a gig-saddle, the combination of the pads A A, having the casting E attached thereto, the metal arch a, provided with screw-l holes in the ends, and a loop, Z), at the top, and the terret T, and nut g g', the ends of the. arch a setting in the casting and adjusted up or down by the terret, all arranged and operating as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK OONVAY.

YVitnesses:

J. R. DRAKE, GEO. A. BUENETT. 

